Handel: Giulio Cesare: Overture (2:42); Aria, Tutto può donna vezzosa (4:57)
Natalie Dessay, soprano; Le Concert d’Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm
Virgin Classics 907872-2 “Cleopatra”

Bach: Partita #3 in A minor, BWV 827 (17:25)
Jeremy Denk, piano
Azica ACD-71262

Bach: Cantata #105: Aria, Wie zittern und wanken (6:26)
Elizabeth Watts, soprano; Katharina Spreckelsen, oboe; English Concert/Harry Bicket
Harmonia Mundi HMU-807550

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 (49:40)
BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Chamber Choir/Sir Andrew Davis
Chandos CHSA-5086

Foster, arr. Johanson: Hard Times (Prelude, Fugue & Toccata) (10:47)
Oregon Guitar Quartet
Cube Squared Records C2R-601 “Something Wondrous Fair”

Jack Gallagher: Diversions Overture (10:07)
London Symphony Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
Naxos 8.559652

Lehár: Gold and Silver Waltz, Op. 79 (6:44)
Lehár: The Merry Widow: Dance & Vilja-Lied (9:30)
Renée Fleming, soprano; Dresden State Opera Chorus & Dresden Staatskapelle/Christian Thielemann
Deutsche Grammophon B0015299-02 “New Year’s Eve Concert”

Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4 in G major, Op. 58: I, Allegro moderato (19:30)Emanuel Ax, piano; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas
SFS Media 821936-0037-2

Copland: Organ Symphony (27:02)
Paul Jacobs, organ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas
SFS Media 821936-0038-2

Pandolfi: Sonata Prima (La Stella) (3:40); Sonata Seconda (La Cesta) (6:50)
Mark Fewer, violin; Myron Lutzke, cello; Kenneth Slowik, harpsichord
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society 36-802

Various: Missa Cantantibus organis: Kyrie & Gloria (11:48)
The Cardinall’s Musick/Andrew Carwood
Hyperion CDA-67860

Mozart: String Quartet in C major, K. 157 (16:20)
Jerusalem Quartet
Harmonia Mundi HMC-902076

New Release of the Week
Francaix: L’Horloge de Flore (17:07)
Debussy, arr. Hazell: Clair de lune (5:13)
Albrecht Mayer, oboe; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Mathias Mönius
Decca 478 2564 “Bonjour Paris”

Franck: Violin Sonata in A major (27:35)
Vadim Repin, violin; Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8794

Massenet: Cendrillon: Cœur sans amour (4:03)
Rossini: La Cenerentola: Nacqui all’affano (7:47)
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Lyon National Opera Chorus & Orchestra/Kazushi Ono
Virgin Classics 641986-0 “Diva/Divo”

Lecuona: Andalucía (Suite Española) (23:11)
Louise Bessette, piano
Analekta AN 2 9963 “Reflections on Spain”

Salvatore Sciarrino: Ai limíti della notte (5:46)
Domenico Gabrielli: Ricercar 3 (3:43)
Matt Haimovitz, cello
Oxingale Records OX-2018 “Matteo: 300 Years of an Italian Cello”

Strayhorn: Blood Count (6:39)
Uccello/Matt Haimovitz, cello
Oxingale Records OX-2017 “Meeting of the Spirits”

Bach: The Art of Fugue: Excerpts (19:37)
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
Harmonia Mundi HMC-902064

Bach: Motet, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 (13:08)
Bach Sinfonia/Daniel Abraham
Dorian DSL-92119

Bach: Keyboard Concerto #1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (22:29)
Berlin Staatskapelle Chamber Orchestra/Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Sony Classical 81742-2 “Bach: A Strange Beauty”

Bach, arr. Hess: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, BWV 147 (3:53)
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Sony Classical 81742-2 “Bach: A Strange Beauty”

Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata #2 in A minor (11:08)
Rachel Kolly D’Alba, violin
Warner Classics 68385-2

Vanhal: Double Bass Concerto in E-flat major (18:53)
Edicson Ruiz, double bass; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Christian Vásquez
Philharmonie 06008

Debussy: Trois chansons de Bilitis (8:59)
Karina Gauvin, soprano; Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Atma ACD2 2642 “Fête Galante”